US Customs has been running maintenance on their ACE system every Saturday night between 10:00 pm and 4:00 am Sunday morning.  The trade community has been advised to ‘plan accordingly’ …
On Monday, CSMS message 16-00603 reported CBP wide network issues that resulted in delayed processing that began at approximately 11:00 am. Â On Wednesday, the FDA Helpdesk confirmed that there was …
ACS, the system that preceded ACE, will have the majority of its functionality shut down beginning Saturday. Â ACS will be set to issue errors on many electronic entry types. Â Citing …
US Customs has issued a CSMS message indicating the APHIS-ACE pilot program will be concluding and all APHIS regulated shipments must be transmitted with the new data requirements beginning August …
As a reminder to importers of food that rely on the ITACS system for FDA messaging, this system is not communicating with US Customs ACE system. Â As of June 15th, …
As communicated in CSMS message #16-000561, the FDA recently finalized a rule that expanded the products that are subject to Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. Â As of August …
On July 12th, the US Department of commerce preliminarily determined that the People’s Republic of China has subsidized the manufacturing of stainless steel sheet and strip for import into the …
The Supplemental 1 to the 2016 US Tariff schedule became available on July 1st, 2016. Â This round of changes impacted many statistical headings for tariff numbers. Â If you have not …
US Customs recently issued a CSMS message that outlines the time frames involved with FDA entries when they are processed through the new ACE system. Â Important to note that, in …
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement was signed on 4 February 2016 and it is the first of the so-called ‘mega-regional’ free trade agreements (FTAs), a term which refers to deep …
The following are available on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website. Export requirements under section 11.7.3, Annex W – United States of the Chapter 11 of the Meat Hygiene Manual …
The following is available on the Health Canada website. Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 13525 An Order amending the Domestic Substances List to apply the Significant New Activity Provisions of the Canadian …
The following has been updated on the Canada Border Services Agency website D14-1-3 Re-Determination and Appeals under the Special Import Measures Act This memorandum has been revised to reflect changes …
The Food and Drug Administration is seeking comment on their proposed rule that would add new sections to the FDA regulations specifying the data elements that must or may be …
US Customs has been running maintenance on their ACE system every Saturday night between 10:00 pm and 4:00 am Sunday morning.  The trade community has been advised to ‘plan accordingly’ …
